• « Education and Research » through strengthening the consolidated  partnership between engineering schools and professional engineers in order to mutualise their knowledge and their know-how, with the view of  enhancing and valorising technical competencies,
• « Extension of simplified technologies for integrated  development » by sharpening human skills in attempt to develop community  infrastructures and renewal energy,  to improve water quality and to support a viable “local” economy,
• « Use of information and communication technologies » to better understand the living conditions which interfere with the implementation of the development projects,
• « Lobbying and advocacy » through promoting development policies, which  relies  on the development of scientific and technical knowledge,
• «Disaster risk management» by putting into place short term and cost efficient developmental processes with timely impacts to mitigate the effects of a natural disaster.

EWB conducts its work through the following services:

• Feasibility of studying engineering projects
• Capitalization, dissemination and sharing of knowledge
• Training and supporting consultants
• Design, implementation and monitoring of development projects